Shame that the top 1000 songs countdown was the last.
Having a look back at some recordings the channel did a great job of disparate content from different eras, and presented so well too.
Does anyone have the full countdowns that Max used to play? (Top 10 Top 25, Top 50, Top 100, Top 200, Top 500 and Top 1000)
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Not Real but this it what MusicMax graphics look like in 2000-2004. (I put a S.E.S. song over MusicMax)
You got some other MusicMax graphics (Note: the videos are not mine)
Few of their logos (also not mine)
MAX kept changing few years.
R.I.P. MAX 2000-2020
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Nick that’s a great selection of the graphics
Six months on I’ve got to say how disappointed it has been the see the channel go
I do awknowelege MTV has gotten better since it launched, the channel just feels cheap in comparison.
Even when max moved to no hosts it still felt like there was personality to it though the programming related to current events etc. for example self isolation party max.
Whilst I doubt it will even reappear it would be great if it was decided to one day
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This is awesome Nick
Remember the graphics well
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Thanks. I was a fan of MAX since 2018. At least there’s MTV Classic but it’s not that great.
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It really isn’t. Very disappointing
When Classic was on Foxtel years ago it was quite decent unlike now
Foxtel announced this morning that Max would return on July 1, as one of seven music channels curated by Brisbane-based Nightlife Music.
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It’s been a rather disappointing return.
Agreed, the return is in name only. No individual branding like the past. I think having ‘Nightlife’ is silly, its like advertising their services.
That’s because the new iteration is merely Max in name only.
What made the original Max (and the other Foxtel music channels) the iconic brands they were was they weren’t channels that merely played music clips. It was the programming that surrounded it such as Max Sessions, Jimmy Barnes interviewing artists and the interactive functionality that made it special. None of that exists with the nightlife version of the channel.
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What are people expecting? These services are now merely the television equivalent of a jukebox; there is little gained from the value-add. Now, the era of the music channels that delivered additional programming is long gone. Even at the end of Max’s original tenure, it had become this.
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I agree. That gave the brands value and each one respected their music genre more than any of today’s offerings. I loved them back when I had Foxtel, but honestly, all I really wanted was the music. If I’m surfing and there’s an interview on V or an acoustic concert for a specific artist on Max, I’m switching away. What I liked about the MTV ‘multi-channels’ back then was the back-to-back music with no frills.
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